“I can’t stand Radiohead’s music, but I’m going to drop $15 on this
album just to provide incentive for the rest of the industry to adopt
this model. Even though I don’t like their music itself, it’s hard to
dispute that taking on a risk like this is a HUGE contribution to music
in general.”
(via reddit.com)
[Edit: Well, there’s always a catch and apparently Radiohead aren’t so altruistic as this move might make them appear at first. The new album is a 2-disc set and if you download it digitally, you only get the first CD. You have to buy the old-fashioned hard copy to get both CD’s and that will set you back 40 pounds (which is about $80 CND) Seriously, that’s getting into the level of gouging seen only with bands like the Rolling Stones and the Eagles. Congratulations Radiohead – if this is true, you’re really sticking it to The Man – “the man” being the guy who loves your music but hates being ripped off and will just download both albums via Bittorrent like he always has.]
In semi-related news, Amazon has started a new service called AmazonMP3 which is similar to iTunes except that they’re selling DRM-free music. Their selection is pretty decent so far and although I haven’t tried it yet, it’s almost enough to make a guy start paying for music again! 
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